Just the tonic

CONGRATULATIONS to Ouse farmer Bernard Brain for winning this year's
National Farmer of the Year Award for diversification. It's just the tonic Tasmania needs right
now. With an ever-increasing number of Tasmanian farms falling into foreign
ownership, it's great to see what locals can achieve through innovation and
hard work. From his father's original 300-hectare, rabbit-infested tussock
country in 1947 to now a 1000-hectare property producing sheep, cattle, grapes,
cabbage seed, poppies and more - how good is that. Well done to Mr Brain and we
wish him and those at his Rotherwood property even further success.